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DAILY MONITORING:

Continued to take personal inventory…

– Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 88 –

The spiritual axiom referred to in the Tenth Step — “every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us” — also tells me that there are no exceptions to it. No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me. I am the creator of my own reality.

When I take my daily inventory, I know that I must stop judging others. If I judge others, I am probably judging myself. Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher. I have much to learn from him or her, and in my heart, I should thank that person.

From the book Daily Reflections. Narrated by Father Martin A.I. Cloned Voice. Copyright 1990 by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.